Friday, November 15, 2013   Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. If It Ain't Broke A Contrite Obama Unveils a Health Fix Eugene Robinson: Obama was contrite but also resolute Jonathan Cohn: Three Keys to the Obamacare Tweaks Announced Thursday White House defends legality of Obamacare fix Everything You Need To Know About Obama's 'Fix' For Insurers Canceling Plans Despite Obama's plan, Landrieu will keep working on legislative fix 4 Different Plans To 'Fix' Obamacare, One Chart Jamelle Bouie: It Wasn't Broke, But Obama Fixed It Anyway The backlash to the Obamacare fix has already started Adrianna McIntyre: Three reasons the individual market "fix" wouldn't entirely undermine Obamacare Kevin Drum: There Will Be No Congressional Fix For Canceled Health Care Policies Careful What You Wish For Insurers are furious about the White House's new Obamacare plan Evan McMorris-Santoro: Insurance Industry Rips White House Obamacare Fix Jonathan Cohn: Actually, You Can't Just 'Restore' Cancelled Health Plans The President strikes back: Insurance companies get their justified comeuppance Insurance Companies Have Been Using Obamacare Confusion To Sell 'Junk Insurance' Dean Baker: No, Obama didn't lie to you about your healthcare plan. Your insurance corporation did. Gut Check Time Health-care law's problems test loyalty of Democrats in Congress Obama tries to quell Dem rebellion Ron Brownstein: Obamacare's Problems Could Haunt Democrats for Years Michael Tomasky: The Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare and Take Charge Steve Benen: Plenty of time left on the clock Weigel: Democrats and Affordable Care Act fixes - The party has no choice but to wait. Health Care Checkup Nearly 1,500 Hospitals Penalized Under Medicare Program Rating Quality California Shuts Down Sites Mimicking State Insurance Marketplace Medicaid enrollment is health law's bright spot Sarah Kliff: We still don't know the most important Obamacare enrollment number Energy, Climate & Environment Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines death toll up as aid arrives Typhoon Haiyan has highlighted global cost of climate change Tennessee Valley Authority to close 8 coal-fired power units Chevron pipeline explodes, burns in rural Texas Brazil's Amazon destruction rises 28 per cent Nations In Turmoil Syrian air raid kills rebel commander in Aleppo Syrian rebel 'beheaded in case of mistaken identity' North Korea denies aiding Syria in fight against rebels Dave Zirin: Egyptian Athletes Take a Stand - and Pay a Price International News China eases one child rule, ends re-education labor camps IAEA confirms: Iran has slowed nuclear program Hundreds of kids rescued after Canada child-porn bust Money in Politics Josh Eidelson: Ted Cruz and Koch brothers embroiled in shadowy Tea Party money scheme Meet The Little-Known Network Pushing Ideas For Kochs, ALEC Midwest Roundup Nebraska grants Husker football legend Johnny Rodgers full pardon Nebraska's tax dollars at work: Promoting a new outlet mall Vilsack: Farm exports hit record high last fiscal year Huckabee, in Iowa, says GOP focus needs to be on governing rather than arguing Be Careful What You Wish For Sometimes we get to the end of a week, and our staff has to laugh about how everything played out that week, in positive yet unexpected ways. Of course, we're talking primarily about President Obama's "fix" to the Affordable Care Act, which he announced at a press conference on Thursday. The way everyone in the media seems to refer to the latest tweak to Obamacare as a "fix" led us to think of an old phrase we've mentioned here previously, that many of our readers think of as Nebraska's unofficial motto. That motto is simple: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it IS broke, fix it - just once." That "fix" that President Obama announced on Thursday seems to fall into the category of things that need to be fixed once and fixed right - even though, as Jamelle Bouie noted Thursday afternoon, Obamacare wasn't really broken. Still, as the President contritely admitted Thursday afternoon, many critics of Obamacare were angry they couldn't keep their plans and both he and Congressional Democrats felt like they were about to be pummeled by the problems in the rollout of Obamacare. Of course, as we noted yesterday, having a plan beats having no plan almost every time, even if that plan needs to be tweaked from time to time. In short, the tweak or "fix" President Obama instituted isn't a legislative repair, but an administrative move, one that gives health insurance companies nationwide the flexibility to extend current insurance plans for one year. That extension applies especially to those insurance plans that don't currently meet the new higher minimum quality standards of the ACA. The single "catch" to the President's fix is... To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for November 15, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy U.S. Worker Productivity Climbs In Third Quarter Lydia DePillis: How Wal-Mart and Macy's explain the economy Economic Inequality Walmart And Its Customers Pinched By Food Stamp Cuts Career Training For Unemployed Is Getting Suffocated By Sequestration Wall Street Watch U.S. Investigates Currency Trades by Major Banks Message From Yellen Is Full Speed Ahead on the Fed Stimulus | Moody's Cuts Ratings of Four Big Banks Warren Buffett's Berkshire buys sizable new Exxon Mobil stake  Reasons For Thanks This Store Took Away Workers' Thanksgivings - But Then Decided It Wasn't Worth It Annual Thanksgiving dinner cost falls from last year's record to $49.04 JFK: Gone 50 Years Gallup: Majority in U.S. Still Believe JFK Killed in a Conspiracy Why so many Americans believe Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories Immigration: Reform Coming? House Repub Shames Fellow Repubs On Stalled Immigration Reform | George F. Will: A need for compromise on immigration Ethics & The Media Dan Rather: CBS News shares blame for '60 Minutes' error Media, For The Win Judge OKs Google Project to Scan All the World's Books Media Matters John Oliver Leaving 'The Daily Show' To Star In HBO Talk Show | Comcast to sell digital movies through cable boxes, website Here It Is! Your Paul Fell PREDICTION preview for November 15, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) White House Update President Obama Vows To Veto Republican "Keep Your Health Plan" Bill That Undermines The ACA Pres. Obama Naming Harvard Medical School Physician As Surgeon General News From Capitol Hill Senate Republicans block yet another Obama D.C. circuit nominee House Republicans Want To Impeach Eric Holder For Refusing To Defend Unconstitutional Law On The Left Forget Obamacare, remember when Syria was going to ruin the 2nd term? Dylan Byers: President Obama, off the record On The Right David Sirota: Neocon redux - How Chris Christie is just like Dick Cheney Alex Roarty: The Latest Front in the GOP Civil War States Of Confusion Ohio State salutes comics and more this weekend at annual Festival of Cartoon Art Republican extremists in Wisconsin Assembly slam through restrictive changes to voting hours, voter ID law | James 'Whitey' Bulger receives two life sentences in Boston, must pay $19.5m 150 years later, Pennsylvania newspaper apologizes for panning Gettysburg Address We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.